Our planetary neighbor, Venus, differs from earth in some very significant ways.
- Venus rotates backward (relative to Earth) so the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.
- The sun rises every 117 Earth days on Venus.
- Though Venus rotates slowly, its dense sulfuric acid atmosphere rotates faster with the top layer of clouds blown by 224 mph winds.
- Lightning strikes come from clouds of sulfuric acid. Earth’s lightning shoots from electrostatically charged clouds of water.
- A cyclone storm, the size of Europe, constantly spins at the south pole.
Given these differences, it is no surprise that life has not been detected on Venus. Earth is compatible with life because of our Creator God:
For this is what the Lord says – he who created the heavens, he is God, he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it, he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited… (Isaiah 45:18, NIV).
Source: “Trouble in the Neighborhood,” Answers Magazine, April-June 2022, pp. 72-73
